Jaskier preens as she looks him over, delight and interest on her face. She steps in and he reaches, tucks her arm into his and keeps their fingers wound across the top. He leads her in a gentle walk and smiles in the bright, midday sun. He is all nervous energy but seeing her has abated some of the negative.
"My dear, you have not even seen my stage clothes," Jaskier tells her and sighs happily. Those clothes, he knows, are pressed and waiting, ready and spotless. They are a note of anxiety he needn't focus on.
"But enough of me, how have you been? It feels like an age," Jaskier says and, truthfully, it does. They've exchanged letters and made plans, but he hasn't seen her since that awful incident on the road out of Redania. It had only been a month or so previous and yet that seems so very, very long nowadays.
He'd taken liberties when he secured his space at the inn, when he'd booked accommodations and acquired seats to venues. He'd assumed her preferences and had assumed one of them was him--his room was large enough for them both and each of the seats and shows he had tickets for were near the front, near the center, and carried both their names. It was a very public showing of friendship, dearness, and he hadn't asked if it would make her uncomfortable.
Oh how he hopes it does not.
"Ah! And surprise of surprises, the Masons at the University have been showing off. Half of the city has mechanical plumbing now! It's going to spoil me terribly and you as well, I imagine. It's quite a treat."
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"My dear, you have not even seen my stage clothes," Jaskier tells her and sighs happily. Those clothes, he knows, are pressed and waiting, ready and spotless. They are a note of anxiety he needn't focus on.
"But enough of me, how have you been? It feels like an age," Jaskier says and, truthfully, it does. They've exchanged letters and made plans, but he hasn't seen her since that awful incident on the road out of Redania. It had only been a month or so previous and yet that seems so very, very long nowadays.
He'd taken liberties when he secured his space at the inn, when he'd booked accommodations and acquired seats to venues. He'd assumed her preferences and had assumed one of them was him--his room was large enough for them both and each of the seats and shows he had tickets for were near the front, near the center, and carried both their names. It was a very public showing of friendship, dearness, and he hadn't asked if it would make her uncomfortable.
Oh how he hopes it does not.
"Ah! And surprise of surprises, the Masons at the University have been showing off. Half of the city has mechanical plumbing now! It's going to spoil me terribly and you as well, I imagine. It's quite a treat."